Best Turboprop simulation?

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What aircraft in the sim comes with the best Turboprop simulation? Would be interesting to hear your opinions on that.

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Personal Comments and Observations

FSReborn 500.

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I donā€™t have much experience with various planes but I do like the Kodiak 100.

-Bram

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I donā€™t have it myself but from what Iā€™ve seen in videos the FSReborn airplane has the only simulation that comes really close to a real turboprop simulation. But it doesnā€™t have a manual propeller adjustment anymore, soā€¦ the charme of flying a TP is gone a bitā€¦

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TBM930 is perfect :wink:

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I love my FSR500.

For STOL, the Pilatus PC-6 Turbo Porter has a wonderful engine simulation. But itā€™s slow as dirtā€¦ :smile:

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Thatā€™s really not the case. The engine simulation has nothing to do with how a turboprop in general and the PT-6 in particular behaves. Temperature, torque behaviour, itā€™s far from what youā€™d see in the real plane. The simple single throttle configuration hides it a bit but since the topic was ā€œbest TP simulationā€ the TBM930 is really far from ā€œperfectā€.

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FSReborn 500 no doubt

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Always a negative dissenting comment in the forums. That donā€™t stop me from having fun. But I do like the Twotter,

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PC-6: I assume you mean Blackbird, not Asobo?

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What about beta range functionality?

And, how do you control beta range?

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That depends on the aircraft and how it has been coded. The following all have fully functional beta range that can be controlled with a normal axis:

  • SWS Kodiak
  • FSR500
  • BB PC-6
  • SWS PC-12

As I understand it the BS TBM850 has a beta range in ā€˜stepsā€™ (but I may be wrong as Iā€™ve not flown it yet)

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Ok, thank you all, I think I will give the Kodiak or the PC-6 a try (I like bush flying in analog cockpits).

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Then you want the PC-6. Its an awesome aircraft for STOL flying with loads of character. The Got Friends PLZ-104 Wilga is great too - but a piston, not a turbine.

The Kodiak rules - but only comes with G1000 glass - no steam version IRL.

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Yes, itā€™s the PC-6 then.

What about the BS C208?

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Could be goodā€¦never tried it though. I have the BS King Air and never quite got on with it hence my reticence.

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I heard good things about the Shorts 360, anybody have an opinion on the turboprop simulation there?

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Blacksquare TBM 850.

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And then, thereā€™s the ATR and the Transall.

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The FSR500 is the best at the moment in my opinion.

Next would be the BS TBM850 or Kodiak 100.

I havenā€™t tried the SWS PC-12 yet but Iā€™ve tried just about everything else.